Summary
As Long as We're Together Everything's Going to Be All Right is an upmarket fiction by Harold Fischel. The story revolves around Preston Cranston, an injured college football star who became a famous advertising guru. But while success has come early to Cranston, his downfall has been slow and painful. He goes back and forth on his addiction with alcohol.
With Kiki always on his side as his wife and pillar of strength, he can overcome anything. But when Kiki’s best friend Jackie decides to do something to end her life-long jealousy for their relationship, Cranston's already ramshackled life hits rock bottom, and the lovers fall apart. In order for Cranston to get his life back, he becomes desperate for a job and gets entangled in a drug trafficking scheme that puts him in danger. Will Cranston's endless misfortunes in life ever come to its halt?
Review
While I was reading this book, I asked myself, can someone be really so unlucky like Preston who seems to be always in dire trouble? It was hard to imagine that this novel is a fusion of facts and fiction. For how much of it was based from facts, I’ll be heartbroken to know. But the thing that hooked me to this heavy drama that is meant to devastate a reader and evoke the deepest of emotions, is that while Cranston constantly faces so many trials that he doesn’t even deserve, he always aims to get his life back. And Kiki and other characters play such a crucial part in his life that proves no one can overcome challenges alone.
I like that this novel doesn’t need readers to read between the lines because of its very straightforward approach. It has a streamlined narrative that only focuses on important details, a style that can be compared to Hemingway for its directness, simplicity, and clarity. Overall, I’m giving this book 5 out of 5 stars. It imparts valuable lessons in life as it tackles health and social issues that would put readers on the edge of their seat.
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